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« DOUBLE THE PAIN
USC SUFFERED AN 88*86 DOUBLE-OVERTIME LOSS AT WASHINGTON STATE SATURDAY
CHRONICLES »
•ZODIAC' FOLLOWS ONE MAN’S HUNT FOR A MURDERER BUT FORGETS ABOUT THE VICTIMS, m WRITES KIP PAYNE
LETTERS » AN OP-ED ON NARCISSISM MOCKS VALUABLE RESEARCH
Run, Run I marathoners cruise past campus
ta ou i uaiiy irojan
Mile 18 | One of the 25,000 runners participating in the 22nd annual Los Angeles Marathon takes an energy bar as he passes by Figueroa Street and Adams Boulevard. To see more photos of the race, visit www.dailytroJan.com »
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THF UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SINCF 191? | VOI 160, NO 36 I WWW.DAILYTROJAN.COM
Prosecution introduces new evidence it says shows infant was born alive.
By JOSHUA SHARP
Daily Troian
The prosecution in the case against a suspended USC student accused of killing her newborn child refiled charges and introduced new evidence Friday that the baby was alive outside the womb after a judge threw out the murder count
Holly Ashcraft, 22, was arrested in October 2005 after police found an abandoned newborn in a trash bin behind the 20th Street C’.afe DNA evidence proved it was her baby.
Judge David S. Wesley said he couldn’t overrule Commissioner Ronald Rose’s judgment of the evidence in the preliminary hearing but that the case could not proceed without knowing the cause of death clearly, what Ashcraft could have done differently to save the infant or if she was capable of doing so.
There’s no evidence that the baby would have survived had she sought care, Wesley said
Wesley cited prior cases where a caregiver failed to | see ASHCRAFT page 10
MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2007
DAVID, NOT GOLIATH
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT NOMINEES TRACE PERSONAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD #
Ashcraft
charges
dropped,
refiled
Professor misses more than a month; students question class’ integrity
Campus personality arrested at EVK
EVK arrest | A Los Angeles Police Department officer escorts ’Compton Cortez’ out of EVK after arresting him Friday
Scheduled guest lecturers have been filling in to teach graduate class so far.
By ARIN MIKAILIAN
Daily Ttoian
A professor's absence for a day might spell relief and a few extra hours of relaxation for
students, but for some communication management graduate students, their instructors absence has worn out its novelty.
Aram Sinreich, professor of CMGT 599 — Communication, Culture and Commerce in the Videogame Industry — has not showed up to his class for more
I see HISSING page 12 I
LAPD officers take ‘Compton Cortez’ into custody for trespassing.
By JOSHUA SHARP
Daily Troian
A campus visitor, whose friendships with USC students have sparked a paccbook group with nearly 200 members, was arrested Friday night for trespassing.
Inglewood resident Cortez Fairley, 21, sometimes called "Compton Cortez" by students who know him. has visited campus several times this year, often near Trojan Grounds and New/North residential halls.
He was arrested without incident while eating in EVK, said Los Angeles Police Department officer Robert Rogers.
Pictures posted online show Fairley smiling, hugging and posing with USC students But last week, an e-mail from DPS detective Josh Voyda was forwarded to some residents of New/North, advising anyone who sees Fairies- to contact DPS immediately
"A photo of this individual has been distributed to all DPS officers, and we will be looking (or him" Vuy-da wrote in the e-mail
DPS Captain of Operations Gkv
ria Graham said Fairley had previous run ins with DPS, but Graham declined to offer specifics
Graham said Fairley drew complaints from New/North residents and Residential Education staff members
Fairley was staying overnight witlxmt registering as a guest, which is a violation of university policy. Graham said
Other povsibk1 violations are still under investigation, she added Graham said sometimes individ-
uals with no connection to USC try to “blend into the university community." prompting safety concerns The complaints were that he was using the university' facilities unauthorized." Graham said He was an unwanted guest "
Chase Daseler. a freshman majoring in cinema-television critical studies, said Fairley was a unique individual but wasn't a threat.
"He was definitely wrtrd and crazy in his own way." I )aseler said
I see CORTEZ page IS
Tournament hopes alive »
USC women’s basketball beat Washington. 70-67. in the first round of the Pac-10 Tournament Saturday
SPORTS, PAGE 20
Diplomacy in 3-D »
USC Annenberg’s Center for Public Diplomacy joins the virtual world Second Life, creating its own island and hosting international conferences.
NEWS, PAGE 13

« DOUBLE THE PAIN
USC SUFFERED AN 88*86 DOUBLE-OVERTIME LOSS AT WASHINGTON STATE SATURDAY
CHRONICLES »
•ZODIAC' FOLLOWS ONE MAN’S HUNT FOR A MURDERER BUT FORGETS ABOUT THE VICTIMS, m WRITES KIP PAYNE
LETTERS » AN OP-ED ON NARCISSISM MOCKS VALUABLE RESEARCH
Run, Run I marathoners cruise past campus
ta ou i uaiiy irojan
Mile 18 | One of the 25,000 runners participating in the 22nd annual Los Angeles Marathon takes an energy bar as he passes by Figueroa Street and Adams Boulevard. To see more photos of the race, visit www.dailytroJan.com »
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THF UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SINCF 191? | VOI 160, NO 36 I WWW.DAILYTROJAN.COM
Prosecution introduces new evidence it says shows infant was born alive.
By JOSHUA SHARP
Daily Troian
The prosecution in the case against a suspended USC student accused of killing her newborn child refiled charges and introduced new evidence Friday that the baby was alive outside the womb after a judge threw out the murder count
Holly Ashcraft, 22, was arrested in October 2005 after police found an abandoned newborn in a trash bin behind the 20th Street C’.afe DNA evidence proved it was her baby.
Judge David S. Wesley said he couldn’t overrule Commissioner Ronald Rose’s judgment of the evidence in the preliminary hearing but that the case could not proceed without knowing the cause of death clearly, what Ashcraft could have done differently to save the infant or if she was capable of doing so.
There’s no evidence that the baby would have survived had she sought care, Wesley said
Wesley cited prior cases where a caregiver failed to | see ASHCRAFT page 10
MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2007
DAVID, NOT GOLIATH
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT NOMINEES TRACE PERSONAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD #
Ashcraft
charges
dropped,
refiled
Professor misses more than a month; students question class’ integrity
Campus personality arrested at EVK
EVK arrest | A Los Angeles Police Department officer escorts ’Compton Cortez’ out of EVK after arresting him Friday
Scheduled guest lecturers have been filling in to teach graduate class so far.
By ARIN MIKAILIAN
Daily Ttoian
A professor's absence for a day might spell relief and a few extra hours of relaxation for
students, but for some communication management graduate students, their instructors absence has worn out its novelty.
Aram Sinreich, professor of CMGT 599 — Communication, Culture and Commerce in the Videogame Industry — has not showed up to his class for more
I see HISSING page 12 I
LAPD officers take ‘Compton Cortez’ into custody for trespassing.
By JOSHUA SHARP
Daily Troian
A campus visitor, whose friendships with USC students have sparked a paccbook group with nearly 200 members, was arrested Friday night for trespassing.
Inglewood resident Cortez Fairley, 21, sometimes called "Compton Cortez" by students who know him. has visited campus several times this year, often near Trojan Grounds and New/North residential halls.
He was arrested without incident while eating in EVK, said Los Angeles Police Department officer Robert Rogers.
Pictures posted online show Fairley smiling, hugging and posing with USC students But last week, an e-mail from DPS detective Josh Voyda was forwarded to some residents of New/North, advising anyone who sees Fairies- to contact DPS immediately
"A photo of this individual has been distributed to all DPS officers, and we will be looking (or him" Vuy-da wrote in the e-mail
DPS Captain of Operations Gkv
ria Graham said Fairley had previous run ins with DPS, but Graham declined to offer specifics
Graham said Fairley drew complaints from New/North residents and Residential Education staff members
Fairley was staying overnight witlxmt registering as a guest, which is a violation of university policy. Graham said
Other povsibk1 violations are still under investigation, she added Graham said sometimes individ-
uals with no connection to USC try to “blend into the university community." prompting safety concerns The complaints were that he was using the university' facilities unauthorized." Graham said He was an unwanted guest "
Chase Daseler. a freshman majoring in cinema-television critical studies, said Fairley was a unique individual but wasn't a threat.
"He was definitely wrtrd and crazy in his own way." I )aseler said
I see CORTEZ page IS
Tournament hopes alive »
USC women’s basketball beat Washington. 70-67. in the first round of the Pac-10 Tournament Saturday
SPORTS, PAGE 20
Diplomacy in 3-D »
USC Annenberg’s Center for Public Diplomacy joins the virtual world Second Life, creating its own island and hosting international conferences.
NEWS, PAGE 13